video | un: druidic

[arrowroot]

[Oh look it's Ana again.

In Greatmoon Groves. Again.

There's no violin this time, though, and she has turned the video on and adjusted it in order to walk away and... completely out of frame.]

Kleio!

[She has something in her hand, a kind of dried meat but cut far too large for any human mouth to chew on without hurting their jaw. The reason becomes obvious enough a moment later when a large creature comes bounding onto the scene, wearing a saddle and skidding to a halt like an excitable puppy.

Ana laughs and tosses the treat to the dragon-like creature who snatches it out of the air and chews happily. She comes back into the view and pets the creature's neck affectionately. That mess with Majestas was... awful. Absolutely awful. And she's still in recovery though thankfully the bandages are gone now, but having her companion here is already making her feel better.]

Hello everyone! Meet Kleio! She's what's known as a Skyscale where I'm from. They're sort of a distant cousin of dragons, and Kleio here was raised by me from an egg to become my mount! She's very good at flying and--

[And chewing on Ana's hair, apparently.

She's still somewhat young despite her size, at least in terms of animal maturity.]

... Kleio, please.

[Achem! Just going to very gently push her big ol' snout away so she stops.]

Anyway, I just wanted to introduce her now that I finally have her here, and also offer anyone a flight around Prismatica! I know there are limits to how far we can even go, but if anyone has been itching for a bird's-eye view, I'd be glad to give it for a bit of chroma! Feel free to ask me anything about her, too!

Comments

[terribletwos]

what happened to the other eggs/

[arrowroot]

Gorrik took them. A few didn't make it before he could help, but the ones that did hatch were cared for and released back into the wild so they could continue to breed.

[terribletwos]

they won't hurt anyone/

[ All the dragon-type things he's ever encountered outside of this place have been generally bad. And very violent. ]

[arrowroot]

No, not at all. Gorrik ensured through hatching and raising them to the right age that they weren't going to be aggressive towards others. They can still protect themselves if need be but they're not going to run around attacking people.

[terribletwos]

oh, you raised all of them.

protect themselves/ do people go after them/

[arrowroot]

Not as far as I know, but there are dangerous creatures out there that could be a problem for them.

[terribletwos]

something more dangerous than dragons/

[arrowroot]

Destroyers, Icebrood, Mordrem, Risen, Branded...

There are a lot of things that would be difficult for even a Skyscale to take on.

[terribletwos]

i've never heard of any of those things. what are they/

[arrowroot]

The minions of the Elder Dragons, incredibly destructive and dangerous forces that have caused problems for Tyria since time immemorial.

[terribletwos]

so there's good and bad dragons in your world. we only have the bad kind. though i guess they're not really dragons either. they just look like them.

[arrowroot]

Well, yes. I actually also helped raise a child of the dragon champion, Glint. She went on to replace the elder dragon Kralkatorrik so we do have at least one "good" elder dragon.

[terribletwos]

how did you learn how to raise dragons/ it sounds so cool.

[arrowroot]

Well, I've been raising and training animals most of my life. I started young; my family owns a fairly prominent farm in Shaemoor. I eventually moved on to training birds and some others, so I guess dragon was just a natural progression?

[terribletwos]

there's a ways to go between birds and dragons.（⌒▽⌒）

but i'd love to try riding on kleio

[arrowroot]

There were a lot of animals in between.

[Like Wyverns.]

I'm at Greatmoon Groves if you'd like to come over.

[terribletwos]

i'll definitely be there.

[arrowroot]

Looking forward to it!